1. Recycle Bin extension : {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
2. To Disable Log Off Button
3. In the right-pane, create a new DWORD value named StartMenuLogOff and set value
to 1.
To disable switch user
4. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
5. In the right-pane, create a new DWORD value named HideFastUserSwitching and set
value to 1.
To disable Lock
6. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\System, create a new DWORD value named DisableLockWorkstation and set value to 1.
Enabling NumLock on by Default
To have numlock turned on for each user:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators
Change the value from 0 to 2
Turn Numlock on manually
Log off and back on again.
For all users, make the same change to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel
\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators
Increasing File System Caching
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager
\Memory Management
Edit the key IoPageLockLimit
4096 - 32megs of memory or less
8192 - 32+ megs of memory
16384 - 64+ megs of memory
32768 - 128+ megs of memory
65536 - 256+ megs of memory
Adding / Removing Additional Programs
By default, WindowsXP does not display all the programs you can add or remove.
To show this list:
Edit the \Windows\Inf\sysoc.inf file
In the Components section, simply remove the word hide.
This will leave two commas together (like on the rest of the items).
Then you can go to the Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs / Add/Remove
Windows Components and the new items will be displayed.
[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp4 0ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
msnexplr=ocmsn.dll,OcEntry,msnmsn.inf,,7
smarttgs=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,msnsl.inf,,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7
Changing the Internet Explorer Title
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title
Enter what you want appear in the title bar
Automatically Ending Non-Responsive Tasks
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks
Set the value to be 1
In the same section, change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of
milliseconds you want.
Increasing System Performance
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager
\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer
To turn off balloon tips in applications that support XP Themes:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer
\Advanced\
Create a DWORD value of EnableBalloonTips
Give it a value of 0
Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu
Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu
To Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Conferencing \Mcpt
Create a new string value (Click on Edit > New > String Value).
Name the value Nx
Double-click on it and set it's value to 1
Close the registry
Now the menu options will be grayed out.
Disable Shared Documents
To disable the Shared Documents folder that shows up on the network
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Policies \ Explorer \
Create a new DWORD Value
Give it the name NoSharedDocuments
Give it a value of 1
Log off or reboot
Show Hidden Devices
You can show hidden devices in the Device Manager. One way is by making a simple
registry change. The other is through a batch file.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ ControlSet001 \ Control \ Session Manager \
Environment
Create a string DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES
Give it a value of 1
Disable Passport Pop-Up
Normally, WindowsXP will prompt you 10 times that You Need a Passport to use
WindowsXP Internet communication features...
To disable this
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ MessengerService
Edit the binary key PassportBalloon
Give it a value of 0A (0A 00 00 00)
Preventing Applications from Stealing the Focus
To prevent applications from stealing the focus from the window you are working
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
Edit the key ForegroundLockTimeout
Give it a value of 00030d40
Creating a Password Recovery Disk
In case you forget your password, you can create a password recovery floppy disk
beforehand to help you out of this problem.
Single-click Start menu
Go to the Control Panel / User Accounts
Click the User Account
On the left hand side, click on Prevent forgotten password
You will need to know your password to create the disk.
If you don't remember your password sometime in the future, click on the green
arrow like normal at the login and you will be prompted to insert the password
recover disk.
Renaming the Start Button
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEdit
Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
Edit it be any 5 characters or less
Save the file
Boot to DOS
Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows
\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \
Winlogon.
Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe
Changing the Registered Owner
Start Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key
Enable / Disable the Task Manager
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies
\System
Create the Dword value DisableTaskMgr
Give it a value of 0 to enable it
Give it a vaule of 1 to disable it
Enter shutdown -s -t 0 then click next.
For other things here are the codes:
Restart: shutdown -r -t 0
Logoff: shutdown -l -t 0
Hibernate: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState Hibernate
1.) Restrict Display Properties:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Systemcreate
DWORD value NoDispCPL and set its value to 1
2.) Restrict Taskbar Properties:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoSetTaskbar and set its value to 1
3.) Restrict Folder Options:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoFolderOptions and set its value to 1
4.) Restrict Locking/Unlocking the taskbar:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value LockTaskbar and set its value to 1
5.) Restrict Active Desktop:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoActiveDesktop and set its value to 1
6.) Restrict adding/deleting items from Toolbars
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies
\Explorercreate DWORD value NoToolbarCustomize and set its value to 1
7.) Restrict adding/deleting toolbars:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoBandCustomize and set its value to 1
8.) Restrict right-click in Start Menu:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoChangeStartMenu and set its value to 1
9.) Restrict Desktop Cleanup Wizard:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoDesktopCleanupWizard and set its value to 1
10.) Restrict notification at low disk space:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and set its value to 1
11.) Restrict Taskbar Context Menu:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorercreate
DWORD value NoTrayContextMenu and set its value to 1
12.) Restrict Programs to run:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
\DisallowRuncreate String value with any name, like 1 and set its value to the
program's EXE file.e.g., If u want to restrict msconfig, then create a String value
1 and set its value to msconfig.exe. If uwant to restrict more programs, then simply
create more String values with names 2, 3 and so on andset their values to the
program's exe.
13.) Restrict Registry Editor:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Systemcreate
DWORD value DisableRegistryTools and set its value to 1
14.) Restrict Task Manager:
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15.) Restrict Drives in My Computer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ExplorerIn
right-side pane, create a new DWORD value NoViewOnDrive and change its value as
following:3 : To Restrict A and B drives only.4 : To Restrict C drive only.7 : To
Restrict A, B, and C drives only.8 : To Restrict D drive only.F : To Restrict A, B,
C, and D drives only.03FFFFFF : To Restrict all drives.And if you want more specific
restrictions, like you want to restrict a combination of other drives,then you can
use decimal no. instead of hexadecimal no. Following is a list for all drives
decimal no.:A: 1B: 2C: 4D: 8E: 16F: 32G: 64H: 128I: 256J: 512K: 1024L: 2048M: 4096N:
8192O: 16384P: 32768Q: 65536R: 131072S: 262144T: 524288U: 1048576V: 2097152W:
4194304X: 8388608Y: 16777216Z: 33554432ALL: 67108863So if you want to disable a
combination of drives, just sum their numbers and give the same value
toNoViewOnDrive. e.g., for restricting CDEF drives, give the value: 4+8+16+32 =
60NOTE: You can also hide the drives using NoDrives DWORD value. The location and
its valueremain same as the above trick.
16.) Restrict New option in context menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\Con textMenuHa
ndlers\NewAnd delete the value of Default, e.g., empty it
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17.) Restrict Send To in context menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers\SendToAnd delete
the value of Default, e.g., empty it.
18.) Restrict Balloon Tips:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\AdvancedCreate
DWORD value EnableBalloonTips and set its value to 0
19.) Restrict Users to enable New XP StartMenu:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ExplorerCreate
DWORD value NoSimpleStartMenu and set its value to 1
20.) Restrict Command Prompt:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Wind ows\SystemCreate DWORD value
DisableCMD and set its value to 2
21.) Restrict Writing to USB Drives:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\StorageDevicePoliciesCreate
DWORD value WriteProtect and set its value to 1
22.) Restrict RUN in New XP StartMenu:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ExplorerCreate
DWORD value NoRun and set its value to 1
